Array outputting as object object

Question

Sorry if I've explained this wrong but I've got an object which is an array and I'm trying to get the fields to output but all I'm getting is [object object]

$.getJSON( "https://service1.homepro.com/smart.asmx/GetFAP_ProfileReviewsJSON?bid=141772&sort=1&page=1", function( data ) {
        // console.log(data);
        xmlText = data;
        var jsonObj = x2js.xml_str2json( xmlText );
        // console.log(jsonObj.SMART);

        var html = '<div class="review">';
        $.each( jsonObj, function( key, answer ) {
        // console.log('key', key);
        console.log('answer', answer);

        html += '<div>' + answer + '</div>';
        // html += '<div>' + key + '</div>';
    });

    $('div').html(html);
});

Can anyone help or show me where I've gone wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

In JavaScript [object object] is the default string representation of a JavaScript object if it isn't null or undefined , you can see in the JavaScript toString() Reference that:

Every object has a toString() method that is automatically called when the object is to be represented as a text value or when an object is referred to in a manner in which a string is expected . By default, the toString() method is inherited by every object descended from Object . If this method is not overridden in a custom object, toString() returns " [object type] ", where type is the object type. The following code illustrates this:

var o = new Object();
o.toString(); // returns [object Object]

Note: Starting in JavaScript 1.8.5 toString() called on null returns [object Null], and undefined returns [object Undefined], as defined in the 5th Edition of ECMAScript and a subsequent Errata. See Using_toString()_to_detect_object_class.

Solution:

• If you want to print your object you need to write a custom function that will do it for you by producing a custom representation of your object based on its properties.
• You can also use JSON.stringify(answer) it will return your object as a string but I don't think it will give you the output you want to see.

Answer 2

Is this what you need?

 $.getJSON( "https://service1.homepro.com/smart.asmx/GetFAP_ProfileReviewsJSON?bid=141772&sort=1&page=1", function( data ) { var xmlText = data, x2js = new X2JS(), jsonObj = x2js.xml_str2json( xmlText ), html = '<div class="review">'; $.each( jsonObj.SMART.XMLJSON, function( key, answer ) { html += '<div><strong>' + answer.RefName + '</strong> - ' + answer.Testimonial + '</div>'; }); $('body').html(html); }); 

 div { margin: 10px 0; } 

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/x2js/1.2.0/xml2json.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> 

You have to iterate through jsonObj.SMART.XMLJSON , not jsonObj .